Anna didn't sleep well last night.
She dreamed about her grandfather. Her grandfather's voice and smile kept emerging in her dreams.
Since her mother died, her grandfather had been living abroad for recuperation. Anna had not seen him since then.
Her grandfather's face had become a blur in her memory. When she woke up in the morning, all she could remember was that her grandfather seemed to have talked to her all night last night. But she couldn't remember a thing he had said.
With two big dark circles under her eyes, after washing up, Anna went downstairs.
There was something strange in the air today.
Usually at this time of the day, the housemaids would have prepared breakfast and Ethan would be waiting for her in the dining room.
Today, however, there was no breakfast, nor was Ethan in the dining room.
Anna glanced around the living room, but even the housemaids were not there.
Had they all gone out?
Anna was a little hungry. She took a bottle of milk
from the fridge and she took a few drinks to fill her stomach.
She was pregnant then. It didn't matter for her to starve herself, but she couldn't starve the baby in her belly.
She drank the milk, walking to the window and gently stroking her flat belly with one hand.
Maybe she had been too tired for the last few days. There was always a lingering pain in her belly.
Perhaps a little sunshine would be good for her.
Anna stood by the window looking out into the dense shrubbery garden. Just then she saw many people gathered in the garden, and Ethan was standing in the crowd.
And among those people, a tall and erect figure came into Anna's eyes. She couldn't take her eyes off him since then.
How did he find this place?
After all, Ethan had underestimated Liam.
When Liam showed up there, Ethan wasn't surprised.
Ethan had known at the first beginning they couldn't hide from Liam for long and that Liam would find them eventually.
And the woman he had hidden to protect, would also g o back with Liam eventually.
This was an outcome he had expected, nothing to be surprised about. He just felt kind of upset and reluctant.
Slowly, Ethan turned his eyes to the mansion and looked at Anna who was standing at the window.
At the moment when their eyes met, Anna saw a hint o f reluctance in Ethan's eyes, and a note of upset.
Anna's heart struck, and the glass of milk in her hand fell right onto the floor.
She dashed out, rushing through the securities surrounding the two men. And she stood herself directly in front of Ethan. Looking into Liam's eyes, Anna's gaze was firm.
"You can't hurt him!" Anna exclaimed.
Anna already knew that Liam had hostility toward Ethan. And Ethan was not friendly to Liam either. He just hid his hostility deep in his mild eyes.
Just then, Liam's hostility towards Ethan grew even more severe.
At this moment, the expression on Liam's face was so grim that Anna was terrified.
Liam's dark and deep eyes were fixed on Anna's face. I t was as if he would explode at any moment.
"I'll go with you. Don't you hurt Ethan!"
Anna knew very well about Liam. Anyone regarded as an enemy by Liam would end up miserable.
She wouldn't allow any risk to happen to Ethan.
In this world, it seemed that Ethan was the only one who was good to her and cared about her. No matter what, she had to protect Ethan.
Liam took Anna away.
Ethan stood still. He didn't say a word or move a step.
It was not that he did not want to stop Liam.
Rather, he knew clearly that even if he tried to stop him, it would be useless.
Anna would go with him after all!
Even if he asked her to stay, she would leave anyway.
Standing there, watching Anna get into Liam's car, Ethan slowly closed his eyes. He hid his deep sorrow i n his eyes.
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